By the first day of March, <br /> The beautiful Lady Spring has come. <br /> Trying to touch a frozen snowdrop bud <br /> she pricked he finger in a blackthorn bush <br /> smartly hidden in snow. <br /> As the drop of blood fell <br /> the snowdrop revived! <br /> Cold winter, defeated, than, <br /> for three following seasons <br /> into a deep sleep would be sent. <br /> <br /> From ancient times, March is celebrated <br /> as 'Luna lui Martisor' <br /> (the Month of martisor) <br /> Symbol of hope <br /> renewal and rebirth, Lady Spring <br /> Beautiful month, the third <br /> in Romania, my dear native land <br /> is to bring the martisor ~a little trinket <br /> and a few snowdrops <br /> offered to the women and girls <br /> who would wear them like a charm of <br /> Good luck, peace and happiness for <br /> each to be strong healthy and clean <br /> as the snowdrops in spring. <br /> <br /> <br /> *Martisor - small-gem, trinket, or coin caught in a twisted wool or silk red and white cord.<br /><br />Elena Sandu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-march-white-and-red/
